i think i'm having her born in 13th century france, where she was a young princess at the time. i think i'm going to have ari as something of a society darling throughout the ages she returned from being a recluse (from the 16th century onwards, i think) and she's going to have lived a very privelidged, vanity fair-esque existence so maybe their paths have crossed several times, ari pointed her in the direction of certain priveliged families and such?